"Doomsday Preppers" show a scam

Imagine you're a dedicated prepper who has invested years of your time and thousands of youir own hard-earned dollars into your emergency SHTF preps. You are paranoid, but committed to survival.

Why then would you go on a nationally syndicated TV show and allow them to use your face, your family's faces, your real names, and even say what city you live in, exposing you to the unnecessary risk of being targeted by everyone in your immediate area when TSHFT?

Answer : no real prepper would. So that means that these people that are being featured on that TV show are actors playing parts written for them by the networks.

If they convince people to prep, then there will be less people freaking out and robbing their neighbours for a few saltines. So, maybe they're improving their overall chance of survival, while screwing up any chance of using whatever bunker they're showing off.

Just playing devil's advocate. I personally think most preppers get it wrong.

the real purpose of that show is to paint preppers, ANYONE that prepares for ANYTHING as a foolish crazy paranoid nutbag.

Quoting: EVIL_BEAN_KID

The show has another effect, though. It brings the subject much more into the mainstream social conversation. It makes the general population much more aware that this element of society lives among them.

Imagine you're a dedicated prepper who has invested years of your time and thousands of youir own hard-earned dollars into your emergency SHTF preps. You are paranoid, but committed to survival.

Why then would you go on a nationally syndicated TV show and allow them to use your face, your family's faces, your real names, and even say what city you live in, exposing you to the unnecessary risk of being targeted by everyone in your immediate area when TSHFT?

Answer : no real prepper would. So that means that these people that are being featured on that TV show are actors playing parts written for them by the networks.

To what end?

Quoting: Anonymous Coward 24700919

And they are all geared into a specific doom. No real prepper preps for a specific doom. Anything can happen and we know that.

If they convince people to prep, then there will be less people freaking out and robbing their neighbours for a few saltines. So, maybe they're improving their overall chance of survival, while screwing up any chance of using whatever bunker they're showing off.

Just playing devil's advocate. I personally think most preppers get it wrong.

the real purpose of that show is to paint preppers, ANYONE that prepares for ANYTHING as a foolish crazy paranoid nutbag.

Quoting: EVIL_BEAN_KID

The show has another effect, though. It brings the subject much more into the mainstream social conversation. It makes the general population much more aware that this element of society lives among them.

If they convince people to prep, then there will be less people freaking out and robbing their neighbours for a few saltines. So, maybe they're improving their overall chance of survival, while screwing up any chance of using whatever bunker they're showing off.

Just playing devil's advocate. I personally think most preppers get it wrong.

Quoting: The Light Under the Door

If they are right, then the more people are prepping, the more chance everybody has of surviving. Stands to reason.

Imagine you're a dedicated prepper who has invested years of your time and thousands of youir own hard-earned dollars into your emergency SHTF preps. You are paranoid, but committed to survival.

Why then would you go on a nationally syndicated TV show and allow them to use your face, your family's faces, your real names, and even say what city you live in, exposing you to the unnecessary risk of being targeted by everyone in your immediate area when TSHFT?

Answer : no real prepper would. So that means that these people that are being featured on that TV show are actors playing parts written for them by the networks.

To what end?

Quoting: Anonymous Coward 24700919

i'm pretty sure i saw an ad for this on Craigslist...they advertise for reality shows in the gigs section sometime....so these are indeed real preppers....really moronic preppers... :P

hello my friends im big al you know the fat guy with the bunker yes we are real people just a little worried about this and that also i built the bunker in 1982 i wasnt fat then and there was a little thing called the cold war and at the time russia had half of europe under its iron thumb . and i know now mr putin is mr nice guy but thats up to you isnt it . its easier ti heat my house and know im not alone i actually have friends and family. anyway check out my song the jokes on me [prepper song] artist big al bunker. if you like it pass it around. it might be good for a laugh by the way doint worry about the chinese aircraft carriers they are just to get toys to wall mart a little more quickly hey if you do get into a jam well hmmmmmmmmmmm? love fat al

hello my friends im big al you know the fat guy with the bunker yes we are real people just a little worried about this and that also i built the bunker in 1982 i wasnt fat then and there was a little thing called the cold war and at the time russia had half of europe under its iron thumb . and i know now mr putin is mr nice guy but thats up to you isnt it . its easier ti heat my house and know im not alone i actually have friends and family. anyway check out my song the jokes on me [prepper song] artist big al bunker. if you like it pass it around. it might be good for a laugh by the way doint worry about the chinese aircraft carriers they are just to get toys to wall mart a little more quickly hey if you do get into a jam well hmmmmmmmmmmm? love fat al

Quoting: big al 18272543

Thanks for stopping by Al! I saw the show...some good preppin going on over there.

Is it possible that this show was created and put on air by those that we are all overly concerend about. Is it plausible that they have done this with the knowledge that most people want there 15 min of fame and would contact the show wanting to be a part, thus giving them a complete list of who, what, and where these people and places are.

Now, if the SHTF, does happen they have a list of those that are a potential problematic source without having to hunt them down.

Thats just your opinion. Some never used their names and alot was never disclosed. They were all asked ahead of time how far they were willing to go.

I saw the crew interviewed on a talk show about what they though about the show themselves.

They all started out thinking it was going to be a joke and later as they met with alot of people. Some whom changed their minds over the course of the interviews before the shows were even produced they became believers. At the end of the show they asked them what the one thing was that they believed would happen. The answer was a Solar Flare.

Chew on that. What do you even know about anything. Did you even see that interview...? Obviously not.

Imagine you're a dedicated prepper who has invested years of your time and thousands of youir own hard-earned dollars into your emergency SHTF preps. You are paranoid, but committed to survival.

Why then would you go on a nationally syndicated TV show and allow them to use your face, your family's faces, your real names, and even say what city you live in, exposing you to the unnecessary risk of being targeted by everyone in your immediate area when TSHFT?

Answer : no real prepper would. So that means that these people that are being featured on that TV show are actors playing parts written for them by the networks.